I, ClaudiusRosetta Books, 2014 M03 6 - 472 páginas “One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based (The New York Times). Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a monarchy, Graves’s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio. “[A] legendary tale of Claudius . . . [A] gem of modern literature.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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... slave-boy, after the famous historian) from material that I gave him. And he modelled his style so accurately on mine that, really, when he had done, nobody could have guessed what was mine and what was his. It was a dull book, I repeat ...
... slave-boy, after the famous historian) from material that I gave him. And he modelled his style so accurately on mine that, really, when he had done, nobody could have guessed what was mine and what was his. It was a dull book, I repeat ...
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Robert Graves. A hundred years of the Punic Curse And Rome will be slave to a hairy man, A hairy man that is scant of hair, Every man's woman and each woman's man. The steed that he rides shall have toes for hooves. He shall die at the ...
Robert Graves. A hundred years of the Punic Curse And Rome will be slave to a hairy man, A hairy man that is scant of hair, Every man's woman and each woman's man. The steed that he rides shall have toes for hooves. He shall die at the ...
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... slaves ! The Republic was always a humbug . What Rome really needs is a king again . " That at least is how she talked to my grandfather , urging him that Mark Antony , and Augustus ( or Octavian , I should say ) , and Lepidus ( a rich ...
... slaves ! The Republic was always a humbug . What Rome really needs is a king again . " That at least is how she talked to my grandfather , urging him that Mark Antony , and Augustus ( or Octavian , I should say ) , and Lepidus ( a rich ...
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... because once in Sicily at her instigation he had armed slaves to fight against Roman citizens ; moreover , she was a Claudian , one of his own family , so for these two reasons he was unwilling to show her public dishonour.
... because once in Sicily at her instigation he had armed slaves to fight against Roman citizens ; moreover , she was a Claudian , one of his own family , so for these two reasons he was unwilling to show her public dishonour.
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... up he would be arraigned as a public enemy. (This last was perfectly untrue.) Now look, she said, how she had been tricked! The passionate lover had turned out to be no man at all; any poor charcoal-burner or slave was more of a man than.
... up he would be arraigned as a public enemy. (This last was perfectly untrue.) Now look, she said, how she had been tricked! The passionate lover had turned out to be no man at all; any poor charcoal-burner or slave was more of a man than.
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I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born B.C. 10 ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
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